Samsung is bringing another flagship feature to Galaxy A52

Last month, we had exclusively confirmed that the Galaxy A52 will come with a 90Hz/120Hz Super AMOLED display. It was also revealed that the smartphone will have an IP67 rating for dust and water resistance. Earlier, both these features were largely limited to Samsung’s high-end phones. Now, another flagship-grade feature is reportedly coming to the Galaxy A52. Reliable leakster Roland Quandt (@rquandt)...

Here’s when Samsung will launch the Galaxy A32 in India

Samsung unveiled its first mid-range smartphone with a high-refresh-rate display, the Galaxy A32, yesterday. However, the company had only announced the smartphone’s pricing for the Russian market. Samsung has now revealed the Galaxy A32’s launch date for the Indian market, and it is happening next week. The Galaxy A32 will go on sale in India from March 05, 2021, and Samsung has already put up a...

Weekly SamMobile Quiz 62 – Come test your Samsung knowledge!

Fancy yourself as a Samsung superfan? Take our quiz and see how many answers you can get right! This is a fun activity that we do with our readers every week to test their knowledge of the Korean giant. The quiz has a mix of easy and difficult questions that most fans should be able to answer without turning to Google. We make a new quiz for you every weekend so we hope that you’ll participate and learn a thing or two about Samsung in the process!...

Samsung’s SSD sales could soon be boosted by a Sony PS5 update

Samsung’s memory business could soon enjoy a sudden increase in sales on the back of the Sony PlayStation 5 (PS5). The latest console was released late last year with certain missing functionalities and Sony confirmed at launch that the PS5’s M.2 storage expansion slot will be enabled through a future update. Well, according to Bloomberg, said firmware update will be released this summer. As a result, countless PS5 owners are now looking at Samsung...

Samsung kept the lead in Europe in 2020 but the S20 series held it back

2020 was a tough year for the European smartphone market, and although sales figures have recovered almost entirely by the end of the year, the smartphone market also experienced a massive sales decline of nearly 50% YoY in April 2020, three months after the number of COVID-19 cases started to rise, and one month after the first lockdowns were set in place. Of course, Samsung isn’t invulnerable and...

Rugged Galaxy Xcover 5 bags another approval, Dual-SIM confirmed

Samsung’s next rugged phone for 2021 is one step closer to going live. In case you missed it, the phone’s going to hit the shelves as the Galaxy Xcover 5, and it might also become the company’s first rugged device to boast 5G connectivity. It remains to be seen if that will indeed be the case, but for now, the LTE variant is apparently being readied for market release. Just like any other phone that’s...

Galaxy Buds Live get new Galaxy Buds Pro features in latest update

The Galaxy Buds Pro are Samsung’s latest truly wireless earbuds. Soon after they were launched, the company sent out an update that added a very useful feature. The new hearing enhancement feature enabled users to boost the L/R sound balance for the earbuds. This allowed users to adjust the sound balance for the earbuds if they had any level of hearing loss in each ear. Samsung has now released an...

Galaxy A32 vs Galaxy A32 5G: When 4G is better than 5G

Last month, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy A32 5G with a Dimensity 720 processor, a quad-camera setup, and a 5,000mAh battery. Earlier today, the company introduced the 4G variant of the Galaxy A32. One would assume that the 4G variant of the Galaxy A32 would either have similar or slightly weaker specifications than the 5G version, but that would be incorrect. The Galaxy A32, weirdly, is better than...

Galaxy A8 (2018) now receiving March 2021 security update

The Galaxy A8 (2018) might have turned three last month, but it has already started receiving next month’s Android security update. That would be the security patch level dated March 1st, 2021, which only began rolling out this week. The one for the Galaxy A8 is identified by release version A530FXXSICUC1. To check whether a new update is already available on your Galaxy A8, go to Settings, tap the option that says Software update...

Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets with high refresh rate displays

Smartphones with high refresh rate screens offer a relatively smoother and more fluidic experience while navigating around the UI, scrolling, swiping, zooming, and gaming. Samsung was late to the party when it comes to releasing devices with high refresh rate displays, but the company now has among the widest range of such phones and tablets. While most of the brands started off with 90Hz screens, Samsung jumped straight to 120Hz refresh rate screens....

Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Watch Active updates bring many Galaxy Watch 3 features

Samsung is killing it right now in terms of software updates, and it’s not just for Android smartphones and tablets. The company has also been impressive in releasing updates to its Tizen-based smartwatches. Samsung is now rolling out major software updates to the original Galaxy Watch, which was launched back in 2018, and the Galaxy Watch Active. The Galaxy Watch and the Galaxy Watch Active are receiving...

Galaxy A32 becomes Samsung’s first mid-range phone with 90Hz display

After launching the Galaxy A32 5G last month, Samsung has finally made its LTE variant official. The Galaxy A32 is Samsung’s latest mid-range smartphone and it differs from the Galaxy A32 5G in a few aspects. The Galaxy A32 is officially the company’s first mid-range smartphone with a high-refresh-rate display. The Galaxy A32 (4G) sports a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED Infinity-U display with a 90Hz refresh...

Samsung starts rolling out the March security update for the Galaxy S21

Samsung is rolling out a new firmware update for the shiny-new Galaxy S21 flagship series, and as you’d expect by now, it includes the March 2021 security patch that was released earlier today for a handful of other Galaxy smartphones. The changelog looks familiar as it mentions overall performance improvements as well as camera improvements, but it doesn’t offer any details. The update weighs roughly...

Samsung users could get some free money if Qualcomm loses this case

Samsung’s top-tier Galaxy smartphones have gotten more expensive over the years, and although many reasons could be attributed to this upward trend, Qualcomm — a company that is generally held in high regard by Galaxy smartphone owners — is at least partly responsible for this outcome, suggests one nonprofit consumer organization based in the UK. Consumer organization Which? argues that the US-based chipmaker has breached UK competitors law by...

Galaxy Tab S7 S Pen feature update is live and it brings Dolby to DeX

Samsung has promised us that a new firmware update for the Galaxy Tab S7 series will go live before the end of the month, and the company’s keeping its word. The Galaxy Tab S7 series is now getting a new S Pen feature update in Europe, and it happens to include the latest March 2021 security patch. Galaxy Tab S7+ owners in Germany — and possibly other countries — should now be able to download firmware...

One UI 3.1 update makes its way onto the Galaxy S10 series in Europe

It hasn’t been that long since the Galaxy S10 series got updated to Android 11 and One UI 3.0. Samsung began the initial rollout in early January, and the S10 trio made the jump to Android 11 in the USA last week. But despite these recent releases, One UI 3.0 is already old news, at least from the perspective of the Galaxy S10 series. In mid-February, Samsung confirmed that One UI 3.1 will...

Microsoft may hold the keys to a better Galaxy Z Fold 3

Samsung is leading the way to foldables less than two years after the launch of the original Galaxy Fold. Its closest rival in the foldable segment, Huawei, is now following in its footsteps with a new flagship that’s shaped almost exactly like the Galaxy Z Fold 2. Samsung has set the tone for the emerging foldable segment and other OEMs are borrowing the Galaxy Fold form factor, but this doesn’t mean that Samsung’s formula is perfect. It only shows...

More Galaxy Tab S7 Lite info leaks, RAM not looking too hot

The Galaxy Tab S7 Lite is pretty much guaranteed to be real, by now. We exclusively reported on its existence last month, and references to at least one of its variants were discovered just last week. One such device has now made its way to GeekBench, where it was identified as the SM-T736B. That designation matches the model number we learned about in January and ostensibly belongs to the 5G-ready...

Samsung expands Vevo TV partnership beyond the U.S.

Samsung (TV Plus) and media giant Vevo are expanding their existing content distribution partnership beyond the United States, the duo revealed this week. More specifically, the Vevo Pop channel just launched on Samsung TV Plus in the United Kingdom. The British version of the service offers the same ad-supported Internet TV experience that’s been available stateside since 2019. That said, we won’t have to wait another year and a half until the partnership’s...

One UI 3.1 brings wireless DeX on PC support to all Galaxy flagships

With the Galaxy S21 series, Samsung introduced One UI 3.1 with various new features. One of those new features includes Wireless DeX on PC, which allows users to cast the DeX experience wirelessly from their Galaxy devices to compatible PCs. The South Korean firm is now is rolling out the feature to older Galaxy devices with the One UI 3.1 update. The Wireless DeX on PC feature is now available on...

Galaxy Fold starts getting the One UI 3.1 update

Samsung had recently announced that it will release the One UI 3.1 update to older Galaxy devices. The update has already reached the Galaxy S20 series, Galaxy Note 20 series, Galaxy Z Fold 2, Galaxy Z Flip, Galaxy Z Flip 5G, and the Galaxy Note 10 series. Now, the update has reached the original Galaxy Fold. The company has started rolling out the One UI 3.1 update to the Galaxy Fold in France, and it should gradually reach other markets soon. The...

Samsung starts rolling out One UI 3.1 update to Galaxy Note 10+

Samsung debuted One UI 3.1 with the Galaxy S21 series and then rolled it out to older devices within a matter of weeks. Over the past few days, the One UI 3.1 update was released to the Galaxy S20 series, Galaxy Note 20 series, Galaxy Z Flip, Galaxy Z Flip 5G, Galaxy Z Fold 2, and the Galaxy Tab S7 series. Now, the update has started rolling out to the Galaxy Note 10 series. The Galaxy Note 10+ has...

Galaxy A32, Galaxy A52, and Galaxy A72 could land in India soon

Samsung recently started dropping the prices of its mid-range smartphones in India, hinting towards upcoming launches of its next-generation Galaxy A and Galaxy M series devices. It now looks like the company might soon launch the Galaxy A32, Galaxy A52, and the Galaxy A72 in the country. The South Korean firm has published support pages for the Galaxy A32 4G (SM-A325F/DS), Galaxy A32 5G (SM-A326B/DS),...